John C. Henegan

Appellate and Written Advocacy Group

Commercial Litigation Group

Greater Jackson Office
Tel: (601) 985-4530
Email: john.henegan@butlersnow.com

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Areas of Emphasis

Antitrust and Intellectual Property
Complex Commercial
Media Defense
Telecommunications

Distinctions

AV-rated, Martindale-Hubbell
Fellow, American Academy of Appellate Lawyers
Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation
Chief of Staff, Office of the Governor, State of Mississippi, 1981-1984
Clerkship, Hon. Charles Clark, Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1976-1977
The Best Lawyers in America®, Appellate Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Anti-Trust Law, First Amendment Law
Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business, General Commercial Litigation and Appellate
Mid-South Super Lawyers®, Business Litigation
“Litigation Star” by Benchmark Litigation Magazine, Fifth Edition

Education & Honors

University of Mississippi, J.D., with honors, 1976
Editor-in-Chief, Mississippi Law Journal

University of Mississippi, B.A., Philosophy and English, 1972

Associations

American Bar Association
- Antitrust Section
- Litigation Section
- Patent and Copyright Section
- Communications Law Forum
Federal Bar Association
Federal Circuit Bar Association
Fifth Circuit Bar Association
Media Law Resource Center
- Chair, Employment Libel and Privacy Committee, 2005-07
Mississippi Bar Association
Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association
Capital Area Bar Association
- President, 2006-07 Professionalism Award, 2011 Distinguished Service Award, 1998
Charles Clark American Inn of Court
- Bencher
Advisory Board to William Winter Institute of Racial Reconciliation
- Chair

Bar Admissions

Mississippi, 1976
U.S. District Courts
- Mississippi: Northern and Southern Districts
- New York: Southern District
U.S. Court of Appeals
- 5th Circuit
- 6th Circuit
- 11th Circuit
New York, 1978 (inactive)
U.S. Supreme Court

Legal Experience

Has successfully argued numerous appeals involving issues of first impression or the reversal of multi-million dollar judgments in federal and state courts, including four en banc hearings before the Mississippi Supreme Court.
Has appeared as counsel for amici curiae in several federal and state appeals where the federal or state appellate courts have adopted the legal arguments of amici.
Has successfully defended antitrust class actions brought against BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. and Michelin Tire Company.
Has obtained habeas corpus relief from sentence of execution for indingent paranoid schizophrenic capital felon at State Penitentiary with federal court finding that capital felon is incompetent to be executed under the Eighth Amendment.
Representing Merck, Sharp & Dohme Corp. in Mississippi Average Wholesale Price litigation.
Sherwin-Williams Co. v. Gaines, 75 So. 3d41 (Miss. 2011)(represented amici)
Double Quick, Inc. v. Lymas, 50 So. 3d 292 (Miss. 2010).
Tishomingo R.R. v. BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. 2010 WL 3781977 (N.D. Miss. 2010), Aff'd,--Fed. Appx.-- (5th Cir. 2011)
Thomas v. NBC Universal, Inc., 694 F. Supp. 2d 564 (S.D. Miss. 2010)
Billiot v. Epps, 671 F. Supp. 2d 840 (S.D. Miss. 2009)
Unity Communications, Inc. v. AT&T Mobility LLC, 643 F. Supp. 2d 829 (S.D. Miss. 2009), aff'd, 400 Fed. App. 944 (5th Cir. 2010).
Barbour v. State ex rel. Hood, 974 So. 2d 232 (Miss. 2008).
Tuepker v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 507 F.3d 346 (5th Cir. 2007).
Shelter Mutual Ins. Co. v. Dale, 914 So. 2d 698 (Miss. 2005).
City of Clarksdale v. BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc., 428 F.3d 206 (5th Cir. 2005).
3M Co. v. Johnson, 895 So. 2d 151 (Miss. 2004).
Community Bank, Ellisville v. Courtney, 884 So. 2d 767 (Miss. 2004).
In Re Biloxi Casino Belle Inc., 368 F.3d 491 (5th Cir. 2004) (represented amicus).
Travis v. Irby, 326 F.3d 644 (5th Cir. 2003).
Lane v. Strang Communications Co., 297 F. Supp. 2d 897 (N.D. Miss. 2003).
Tuck v. Blackmon, 798 So. 2d 402 (Miss. 2001) (represented amici).
Little v. Clodfelter, 782 So. 2d 175 (Miss. 2001).
In Re Proposed Initiative Measure No. 20, 774 So. 2d 397 (Miss. 2000).
Jeffries v. State, 724 So. 2d 897 (Miss. 1998) (represented amici).
In Re Higginbotham, 716 So. 2d 631 (Miss. 1998).
Trilogy Communications, Inc. v. Times Fiber Communications, Inc., 109 F.3d 739 (Fed. Cir. 1997).
McCoy v. South Central Bell Tel. Co., 688 So. 2d 214 (Miss. 1996).
Wilbourn v. Stennett, Wilkinson & Ward, 687 So. 2d 1205 (Miss. 1996).
Stegall v. WTWV, Inc., 609 So. 2d 348 (Miss. 1992) (represented amici).
Fordice v, Thomas, 649 So. 2d 835 (Miss. 1995).
State ex rel. Moore v. Molpus, 578 So. 2d 624 (Miss. 1991).
Webster v. Mississippi Publishers Corp., 571 So. 2d 946 (Miss. 1990) (represented amici).
Mitchell v. Random House, Inc., 865 F.2d 664 (5th Cir. 1989).
Billiot v. State, 515 So. 2d 1234 (Miss. 1987).
North Mississippi Communications, Inc. v. Jones, 792 F. 2d 1330 (5th Cir. 1986).